Example sentences of "if he have [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He did n't make it to the course on the next day , was sacked , and always maintained that if he had n't given up the drink for those ten days or so and ‘ dried out ’ he would not have got so drunk , would have been on the course at the appointed time , would not have lost his job , and would have have carried for yet another Open Champion .
2 He no longer cared about her , and would soon replace her with someone else , that is if he had n't done so already .
3 I know he was right ; it would have been ridiculous if he had n't said exactly what he thought .
4 If he had n't jumped then the car would have hit him .
5 If he had n't bunked off till I was forty I think it might have been better .
6 ‘ Gazza has won the fans ' hearts and even if he had n't scored that late goal — and although they would have turned against the side — I do n't think would have turned against him .
7 If he had n't acted then , the RB211 engine would never have happened . ’
8 What does it mean if he had n't had too much to drink or a bad hit on the head ? ’
9 In fact , if he had n't looked up from his coffee and spotted her in the doorway , Caroline might have returned to her room and waited until she was sure he 'd gone .
10 What if he had n't left yet — she could ring him and tell him she 'd chickened out , and he could flap his wings and tease her but at least she would n't have to — oh , hell , here he is , she thought , and watched as the huge bike rolled to a halt and he switched off the engine and hauled it up on the stand .
11 What 's more they might have done him an injury if he had n't pulled off his cassock pretty smartish and turned back into Matt , which calmed them down .
12 But no warning could check Arthur Conway 's fury , and with a lightning leap he managed to grip the young man 's throat , and so fiercely that he forced him backwards , only the next moment to have his arms snapped downwards , when he would have fallen on his back if he had n't come up against the coalhouse wall and , unfortunately , a shovel that was propped there .
13 If he had n't come out here to find Chesarynth for me .
14 He looked as if he had just stepped straight out of one of those bespoke tailors in Saville Row in London 's West End .
15 He looked as if he had just stepped out of a drawing room in the shires .
16 Of similar vintage I can recall Billy Lane turning up for an open match on the Swadlincote waters , looking as if he had just stepped out of a time warp .
17 Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day .
18 If he had not felt really bad he would never have drunk it all , he would have saved some for me . ’
19 Certainly de Gaulle could not have returned to power if he had not stepped forward and risked a great deal in the process .
20 Murray 's new all-comers ' mark was one of six set on Saturday — along with Olympic champion Maksim Tarasov 's 5.81m pole vault , Jon Edwards 's 17.16m triple jump and Michael Johnson 's incredible 400m in 45.14 , which could have been a world record if he had not eased up .
21 Lives might have been saved if he had not waited about two hours before reporting the crash in April last year .
22 Perhaps the policeman had looked into Erlich 's face and calculated that if he had not stood aside then he might just have ended up on his back .
23 It would have been better for Andrewes ’ literary reputation , and far better for the history of the next reign if he had not done so .
24 They both rejected the practice which had grown up since the decision of Slade J. in In re Castle New Homes Ltd. [ 1979 ] 1 W.L.R. 1075 , whereby if the liquidator had sued or decided to sue he was refused that order ; if he had not done so but was seeking information to enable him to sue he was granted an order .
25 The resolution authorising the purchase will not be effective if the shareholder proposed to be bought out votes in respect of the resolution and the resolution would not have been passed if he had not done so ( s164(5) ) .
26 She went down the stairs and , again remembering Naylor 's rage , she was certain about one thing — that , whatever way , whichever way , somehow , if he had not done so already , Naylor would at some time soon take action that would for all time sever the relationship he thought she had with his cousin .
27 Paul Lane 's almost silent acceptance of the message told Coffin , if he had not known before , how deeply everyone felt the murder of Sergeant Henley .
28 At the time , I was far from alone in wondering if he had not wandered further down that path than he knew , whether the playboy and gilded youth had not taken over from the redoubtable fighter .
29 If he had not brayed thus , how would those who skulked alongside in the gloom have fully appreciated the final act of the drama which they must necessarily miss witnessing ?
30 Secondly there are things which would have occurred , if he had not acted thus , but not as consequences of some alternative action of his .
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